Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015

Cost and committee reports

Official records Congress.gov attaches to H.R. 1508.

• CBO cost estimateThe Congressional Budget Office published “H.R. 1508, Space Resource Exploration and Utilization Act of 2015” on May 21, 2015. CBO’s description reads “As ordered reported by the House Committee on Science, Space, and Technology on May, 13, 2015”.
  Read the CBO estimate ↗Source: Congressional Budget Office, May 21, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  cboCostEstimates

  CBO publication

  https://www.cbo.gov/publication/50220

  CBO publication date

  May 21, 2015

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1508, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1508

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  07099269425942218e87ac516fbc3d1b0d19c8139c53c9f31521f14c29687f81

• PORKER links to the estimate and does not repeat its dollar figures. Each estimate is for the version of the bill its description names; the bill may have changed since.

• Committee reportCongress.gov lists 1 committee report for this bill: H. Rept. 114-153 ↗. The Congress.gov committee record lists a “Reported By” entry for the Science, Space, and Technology Committee on June 15, 2015.
  Source: Congress.gov, reported June 15, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  committeeReports

  Report API records

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/committee-report/114/HRPT/153

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1508, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1508

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  07099269425942218e87ac516fbc3d1b0d19c8139c53c9f31521f14c29687f81

  A committee report is the committee’s own explanation of the bill. PORKER lists it and links to it; reading it is up to you.

• Constitutional authority statementThe sponsor’s statement of where the Constitution gives Congress the power to pass this bill. Statement by Mr. POSEY, as printed in the Congressional Record (Vol. 161, No. 47, March 19, 2015, Page H1805):
  Article I, Section 8, Clause 3: The Congress shall have power to regulate commerce with foreign nations, and among the several states, and with the Indian tribes; and Article I, Section 8, Clause 18:The Congress shall have power to make all Laws which shall be necessary and proper for carrying into Execution the foregoing Powers, and all other Powers vested by this Constitution in the Government of the United States, or in any Department or Officer thereof.''
  Source: Congress.gov, Congressional Record March 19, 2015 ↗

  Evidence

  Field in the Congress.gov record

  constitutionalAuthorityStatementText

  Statement length

  463 characters

  Congress.gov bill record

  H.R. 1508, 114th Congress

  Congress.gov API record

  https://api.congress.gov/v3/bill/114/hr/1508

  Record last updated by Congress.gov

  December 5, 2025

  PORKER copy retrieved

  September 22, 2026

  Stored copy, SHA-256 of the file

  07099269425942218e87ac516fbc3d1b0d19c8139c53c9f31521f14c29687f81

  PORKER shows the statement exactly as printed, with the page markup removed. It is the sponsor’s claim; it is not a legal finding.

From the Congress.gov bill record for H.R. 1508, last updated December 5, 2025. PORKER’s copy was retrieved September 22, 2026 and is refreshed nightly. Open “Evidence” on any line for the record, field and file fingerprint.